The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-05-13

The American Watch Company seem
determined 10 maintain the proud posi-
ton they have long occupied among
manufacturers 81 pocket timepicccs.
During nm interview the other day with
a representative Of Robbins a Apple
ton. hc said: 1--WE have q number ~
novelties that ought "a b. worthy 81
YOUR attention. and In fact Of the trade
In general. During the year 1886. we
have had stcadily-increasing demand
for our better class Of goods. This is
owing to the very great improvements
which have therein bccn accomplished.
For instance. all the watches fitted with
our patent Breguct hair-spring have
met with special favor. because Of the
great amount Of extra quality which
this hair spring imparts to the goods.
The company seem 70 have pursued
the policy Of not increasing the guam
tity Of their lowest priced goods, but
rather Of putting the better and
medium grades At figures which
bring them within the reach Of
very limited purse. and en-
able dealers with very limited capital
10 lay in an assorted stock Of good
qualify goods Of great popularity.
The B artlett watch may be taken as an
example. Here is movement equipped
with all that can possibly be put into a
watch to maks II a thorough time
keeper. and its price is fabulously low.
An English matchmaker recently took
one II these Bartlett movements Of the
new model. examined it carefully. and
quietly put 1t together with the remark:
This movement is worth 70. Yet II
is sold for nearly as many dollars.
I'VE have turned out some very fine
work in the way Of beautifying the APP
pcarancc Of the watch. both IN nickel
fro~ting and raging. which never had
been done before. These processes
permit an almost endless variety of de-
signs and patterns which adapt them
selves beautifully to the shape Of the
watch-plate.
1.-The chief novelty with which the
company start out this year Is thu ir one
size watch-the smallest and thinnest.
as well rs the finest. ladies watch ever
made ia this country. The diameter
ofits dial Is just the size Of a half dollar
piece. The train Is made Of gold; the
jewel-settings likewise; and the jewels
themselves are faultlcss rubies u the
darkest color. The watchis thorough
y adjusted, and capable q the very
finest time-keeping its price is very
moderate--indccd, considering the ex-
ira fine quality and superior finish, it IL
wonderfully low.
Another novelty is the .Waltham
Minute Register Chronograph.' This
watch Is so constructed rs to show by
means Of diminutivc dial-bit and
special hand the minutes during which
the long fifth-second hand revolves."
Here my informant exhibited the oper-
alton Of the chronograph. The long
iifth-second hand and the small special
hand are normally stationary at II. or
zero BY pressing the stem. both hands
are started. the small hand recording
successive minutes up to fifteen. At
any moment both hands may be
stopped. and another melton sends
them back 70 zero. This device is
especially useful g. sportsmen. scicn-
lists. physicians. engineers. machinisfs.
etc. The same attachment Is applied
70 the Waltham split seconds chrono-
watch Of the kind. inasmuch as the
mechanism Is very simple and almost
indestructible- The Waltham chrome
graph is made ia the first place to be
an accurate time-kceper. built on the
model Of the company's finest 1l-sixc
watch On top Of this movement. aud
without complicating it. the chrono-
graph attachment Is fastened. thus
clearly exposing to view the entire
chronograph apparatus The plainest
country matchmaker can take the at
tachment apart and set IL together
again without trouble. A Swiss watch
maker recently remarked that nobody
would have dreamed ten years agothat
the Americans would ever be able to
make any so-callcd complicated time
keepers. and that they really do not
make them; but they obtained watches
that had the most exact and minute
ime-kecping on a much simpler con-
structicu- As consequence, the Amer
lean watch Is more reliable. less costly
70 produce. and certainly without tx
pense to keep il thoroug RI going order.
The company have added several
grades ~ <ix-sizc watches TO their list,
which they will be able 10 put on the
market in the neighborhood Of March
!. This will make eight different quail
tiles Of six-sixe movements. which.
with the various cases--hunting aud
opcn-facc, gold. silver and alumininc--
with an almost endless variety If
ladies' watches, AFFORDS range Of choice
from the cheapest limit nj which gold
watch may bccxpcctcd 10 the diamond
studded watch for the millionaire wife.
During the year 1856 we have added
two new grades ~ sixtcen-sizc watches.
which really make that part Of the as
sorimcnt = surprising one. Sixteen
size watches Of the Waltham pattern
have always been considered very
dear watch to make; bat II seems that
fhe increase IN the product has enabled
she company to amplify the line by the
addition Of the Riverside grades. The
most satisfactory line Of our goods Is
''Lat OF the patent dust-proof silver
"pen-facc eases. which are tho most
popular Of tho kind. For strength. sim
pihxfv Of combination and duraIn1isv